The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Girl with Black Balloons follows first-time director Corinne van der Borch into the Chelsea Hotel in New York City where she befriends an eccentric woman by the name of Bettina. (Directed by Corinne van der Borch | United States/The Netherlands | 2011 | 63 min.)

+ Director Corinne van der Borch is scheduled to appear
+ Distinctively Dutch Film Festival opening reception

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Russia's Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is often perceived as being a tyrant by Westerners, however, to many Russians, especially the youth, he embodies the qualities of a strong, charismatic father figure. (Directed by Lise Birk Pederson | Denmark/Russia | 2011 | 82 min.)

+ Special Guest

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

The event will present selected student submissions from around the world and feature a reception with food. This exciting opportunity is open to all undergraduate and graduate students at accredited institutions, and its aim is to gather student perspectives on issues surrounding the concept of 'the Other'. Three top prizes (First Prize: $1000, Second Prize: $500, Third Prize: $250) will be awarded and an Honorable Mention will be announced.

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Whores' Glory is a cinematic triptych that explores the world of prostitution and how the globalization of one of the world's oldest professions has impacted the uncertain lives of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico. (Directed by Michael Glawogger |Germany/Austria | 2011 | 110 min.)

+ Skype session with Director Michael Glawogger

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

The Battle of Warsaw 1920, the first Polish feature-length film to be entirely in 3D, reenacts the historically significant battle of the Polish-Soviet War of 1920. (Directed by Jerzy Hoffman | Poland | 2011 | 115 min.)

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Russia's Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is often perceived as being a tyrant by Westerners, however, to many Russians, especially the youth, he embodies the qualities of a strong, charismatic father figure. (Directed by Lise Birk Pederson | Denmark/Russia | 2011 | 82 min.)

+ Reception

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

"If you dream of your brother returning, you will face a disaster." This is the ominous advice that the ten-year-old Xiang must heed to after he begins seeing visions of his long deceased sibling. (Directed by Chung Mong-Hong, Taiwan/China | 2010 | 102 min.)

+ Reception

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

Dominik is a graduating high school senior with a promising future who enjoys partying and spending time with his friends. When he accidentally discovers his homosexual feelings, he becomes the victim of bullying and public humiliation. (Poland, 2011, 110 min.)
Presented in conjunction with the "Through Polish Eyes" Film Festival. Sponsored by University of Pittsburgh's Russian and East European Studies Center, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Film Studies Program.

+ Reception

The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Others

El Sicario, Room 164 explores the ‘terrifyingly casual roots of evil’ through the eyes of an unnamed, former “sicario”—a hit man and enforcer for a drug cartel in Ciudad Juárez who once kidnapped and tortured someone in the very room in which Gianfranco Rosi films this thrilling documentary. (France/USA, 2011)

+ Opening Night Reception

This is the 12th seminar presented by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the Global Studies Center (UCIS), and the World History Center at hte University of Pittsburgh. The general public is welcome.